Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: Movie Review

Free movie night is tonight and if I had to give all students attending one piece of advice it would be to see the movie Jumper. Now my recommendation is not because of the fact that the movie was hilarious or really well made, but instead for the simple reason that you don't want to have to pay to rent this movie when it comes out on DVD. You might as well watch it for free if you are going to waste your time at all. OK, so that statement might be a bit harsh. The movie was not the most awful thing I have ever watched, but it was nothing to write home about. Jumper tells the story of David Rice, played by Hayden Christensen, a guy who discovers that he has a special gift of teleportation. At the beginning of the movie David is portrayed as a complete loser with a bad home life who is trying to win the affection of Millie, one of the pretty girls at school. He gives her a snow globe, and of course the typical jock sees David give it to her, so he takes it away, and throws it onto the iced-over pond. David goes to get it, falls under the ice, and gets sucked into the current. This is where we see his gift first appear. He teleports into a library and from then on, he realizes that he has this special ability. He leaves home and gets sucked into a completely different life. David discovers there are more people like him who are called jumpers, and that there are also people who are trying to rid of everyone that is able to teleport. Being a jumper endangers not only David, but his loved ones. His journey consists of trying to defeat those who are out to kill him, win the affection of Millie, with whom he is reunited, and protect his loved ones from dying. The movie takes the audience to different ends of the world. This was the best part of the movie for me. There were some pretty amazing shots of places such as, Big Ben in London, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Colosseum in Rome. Now this may seem like a fairly decent storyline, but the movie was so random. For instance, after not seeing each other for years, David returns to his boyhood home and meets up with Millie, and next they are jumping on a plane to Rome. I also seem to remember a random blowtorch in the movie as well. It was a good thing I took notes, because I really would not have remembered much detail about this movie on my own. I would have to say the best part of my experience with this movie was the man sitting a few rows ahead of me who had to let everyone in the theater know when he thought something was funny with his big booming chuckle. At this point I would really love to tell you the ending and save you the trouble of viewing it for yourself, but I think it is just better to say that you should be ready to be disappointed and remember that I told you so when you are leaving the theater thinking, "What?" Cameron Siefkes is a sophomore majoring in communication. You may e-mail her at cameron.siefkes@sckans.edu.

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